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Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
You can tow trailers up to a certain weight with your car driving licence.…
Most cars have a maximum weight they can tow. It’s usually listed in the…
The equipment you use with your trailer or caravan must: meet certain…
American trailers and caravans do not always meet European safety…
Location: Approach to Mucking Barge Roads, River Thames, England.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
You can tow some small trailers using motorbikes of 125cc or more
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
While taking off under aerotow, the tow rope detached at low level from the glider, Troed yr Harn, Talgarth, Powys on 12 August 2022.
Form for self-declaration for operators of Tugs and Workboats undertaking regular tows to sea.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Information about what you can drive and tow depending on when you passed your test.
Get a 'certificate of keeper' for your abnormal load trailer if you want to use it outside the UK, or replace a lost certificate.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
Location: Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Send test and certificate forms using the technical application submission (TAS) service, including first time tests, notifiable alterations and replacing plating or test documents
The recovery of rare, threatened and important habitats and species in English waters is another step closer from today (Friday 22 March 2024).
A reminder of operational requirements in the inland waters small passenger boat code for towing vessels operating from a beach or harbour.
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